Varietes of Bermuda
Grass
Flora Tex
Flora Tex was released by the University of Florida and Texas
A & M as a collaborative effort in 1993. It is proposed to be a happy middle ground between high maintenance
Hybrid Bermuda grasses and low maintenance Common Bermuda Grass. It has a lower fertilizer and water requirement
when compared to various hybrids. Flora Tex Bermuda sod produces a high quantity of seed heads but is supposed
to be less susceptible to dollar spot and Bermuda grass mites.
Bermuda 419
This Bermuda Hybrid is grown for its low growth habit and
fast spreading capability. Both factors that make its use as a sports field or golf course grass ideal. Neither
characteristic make it a suitable lawn grass. The low growth habit tends to make weed germination easy and its
fast spreading characteristics makes it more maintenance than is welcome in a home landscape situation to keep
Bermuda 419 out of surrounding plant bed areas and neighboring yards.
Bermuda 419 is also not salt tolerant like common Bermuda.
It is however characteristically drought tolerant like other forms of Bermuda and recovers quickly from pest
problems. The low growth height is reported to make this turf more susceptible to wear and traffic damage than
other Bermuda grasses, although it does recover quicker so maybe it evens out well in that regard.
Each of the varieties of Bahia will vary slightly on
the
characteristics of varieties of Bermuda
Grass
listed here, but will still hold close to these same general tendencies.
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